ZTA VCU Initiation Test

Where was Zeta founded?

Farmville, Virginia

At what school was it founded?

State Female Normal School. Now known as, Longwood University

When was Zeta founded?

October 15, 1898

When was the Creed established?

1928

Colors of Zeta?

Turquoise blue and steel gray

Official flower?

White violet

Zetas other symbols?

5 point crown, strawberries, and coat of arms

Pledge pin?

Silver and turquoise Carpenter Square, worn by all pledged members

Piece of jewelry to represent highest individual honor granted by the Fraternity?

Honor Ring

Patron goddess?

Themis

Open Motto?

Seek the noblest

National philanthropy?

Breast Cancer Education and Awareness

Who wrote the Creed?

Shirley Kreasan Strout

Three entities of Zeta?

ZTA Fraternity, ZTA Foundation, ZTA Housing Corporation

Leadership opportunities in Zeta?

Program Council and Executive Committee

First elected Zeta President?

Maud Jones Horner

How many founders?

9

First ZTA Sisterhood?

Mary "Cammie" Campbell Jones Batte had an admirer who sent her a gift of strawberries. Fruit was rare and costly back then, so the girls celebrated by hosting their first purely social gathering. This helped them decide to become officially recognized as a campus organization.

Each time a new chapter is added, a new link is added to what?

Chain of Chapters

What number is our chapter's link?

245 out of 259

Our university and chapter name?

Virginia Commonwealth University | Lambda Eta

9 Founders?

Frances Yancey Smith

Ruby Leigh Orgain

Alice Bland Coleman

Maud Jones Horner

Ethel Coleman Van Name

Della Lewis Hundley

Helen May Crafford

Alice Grey Welsh

Mary "Cammie" Campbell Jones Batte

Two brothers of founders who helped guide them in the process?

Plummer Jones and Giles Mebane Smith

5 practices of noble leadership?

Is true to herself and others

Is gracious and kind

Builds others up

Serves others

Thinks critically